20 Questions to Discover the Gift in Your Child
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Do you know that by asking yourself some questions about your child, you are discovering the unique gift that is within them? You may be surprised to discover some of the answers!
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It is so important to be a student of our children, but how exactly do we do this? Being a student of your child means spending some time observing who they really are as different situations arise.
Read through these questions and see how many of them you can answer right off the bat. Don’t feel bad if you leave some of them blank. Then, take some time over the next few weeks to uncover the answers for the ones you don’t know, but also observe whether the answers you initially thought you knew remain the same.
Oftentimes, we are quite surprised when we are intentional in being students of our children. We may think our children are one way, but in really observing we can discover that they are actually the opposite.
Do a copy and paste on this list and print it off. Tuck it somewhere that you are able to revisit it often as you spend time being a student of your child.
These 20 questions are just what you need to discover the gift in your child.
- When your child is angry, do they internalize that anger or do they act out?
- What kind of learner is your child..visual, auditory, or tactile?
- Is your child an introvert or an extrovert?
- Is your child a listener or a talker?
- What is your child’s love language…acts of service, quality time, gifts, physical touch, or words of affirmation?
- When your child is hurting do they talk about it or do they internalize it?
- Is your child complacent or strong willed?
- Is your child a people pleaser or a self pleaser?
- Is your child creative or logical?
- Is your child a morning person or a night owl?
- Is your child high strung or easy going?
- Is your child easily swayed by others or firm in who they are?
- Does your child tend to be early or late for things?
- Does your child prefer a big group of friends or a few close friends?
- Does your child have a secure sense of self esteem or do they struggle with it?
- Does your child naturally like to get work done first or head right to the fun stuff?
- Is your child an an academic or a reluctant student?
- Is your child selfless or selfish by nature?
- Does your child tend to be more patient or impatient?
- Does your child prefer to be doing something active or something more relaxed?
Discovering the answers to these questions will help you be a more intentional mom. When we know who our kids really are, we can more effectively be the mom they need us to be. Enjoy the journey of discovering the unique gifts in who your child is.
Great questions! I’ll admit that I don’t know the answers to all these questions, but I am printing it out, and will find them out. Thank you!
Great! I’m glad to know you are working on finding out the answers. Don’t worry, you’re not the only one who didn’t know them all 😉 Have a great weekend!
I saw this post earlier this week and thought I left a comment then but apparently did not. I wanted to let you know that I enjoyed this article. Talking with our children to learn more about them is very important and these questions are awesome. I actually bookmarked them on my home screen and would encourage others to do so. Thank u for this post!
Wow, that is awesome. Thank you so much for letting me know that you enjoyed these questions. I love writing things that connect with others and always enjoy when I accomplish this. Thank you so much for reading and commenting!